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Rafael Nadal: Star's 'rare' condition causing 'strange sensations' ahead of Wimbledon

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world No. 4 battles is known as Mueller-Weiss Syndrome. The condition, which affects the navicular bone on the back of the foot, between the talus and cuneiform bones can cause chronic pain and was the reason why the tennis star missed a lot of games last year.

Having been first diagnosed back in 2005, Nadal was forced to pull out of the US Open. But having triumphed in the French Open, the 36-year-old is expected to bounce back once more from his fitness woes as he aims to compete at SW19.

In fact, here he is hoping to rely on a new type of treatment known as radiofrequency ablation. "My intention is to play at Wimbledon," Nadal said last week. "I'm happy, I haven't been limping for a week. "I have noticed changes with the treatment - I still have strange sensations, sometimes I can't feel my foot, but the pain that did not allow me to support my weight on my foot has subsided. "After admitting that his foot was "asleep" during the last Roland Garros tournament, Nadal went on to say that he wouldn't be taking the "risk" that comes with using anaesthetic injections again.

Instead the star plans to use radiofrequency in an attempt to dull the feeling in the nerve of his foot. "The objective is clear: to make a radiofrequency in the nerve to try to achieve the sensation that I have when I play with my foot asleep," Nadal told the ATP Tour. READ MORE: Paul McCartney health: Singer, 80, shares his secret to longevity and it's rather unique"If we get the treatment to work, leaving the nerve touched, I'll be able to continue playing.

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